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| air force |
| 1. n. A branch of the military mainly devoted to air warfare, as opposed to (land) army and navy. |
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| When you're in the air force you have to be prepared to launch missiles at people from the air. |
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| 2. n. A unit in the U.S. Air Force larger than a division but smaller than a command. |
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| air |
| 1. n. (meteorology) The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly: |
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| I'm going outside to get some air. |
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| 2. n. (historical, philosophy, alchemy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans. |
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| 3. n. (historical, medical) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health. |
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| There was a tension in the air which made me suspect an approaching storm. |
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| force |
| 1. n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. |
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| the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract |
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| 2. n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. |
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| 3. n. Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing. |
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| 4. n. (physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn) |
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